Storytelling

Does the telling of a story water down the truth each time you tell it or does the truth become more concentrated? With each telling, does the story become more a part of you? Is the telling as important to the listener as to the storyteller and does it matter?

I tell stories all the time. I talk about what my children are doing all over the world right now. I tell the stories over and over. I tell friends about the joys and the sorrows. Of course in the telling, my own biases, joys, sorrows, and experiences flavour the original text. My love or dislike for the characters and happenings in these stories, change the composition. Maybe I should let my children tell their own stories and just shut up already.

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A few thoughts:

Facebook- relative, wide-spread intimacy is so easy, does it cheapen it?

Blogging- egotistic or healthy creative outlet and are these mutually exclusive?

This Mother's pride and joy- Are my friends tired of hearing about my wonderful children? Are my children going to stop telling me their stories because I tell others?(I hope they know that I don't tell their secrets)

Context, Plot, Characters, Setting- maybe I should find more material from my own life.

All of the above thoughts came after reading Jessica's most recent post on her blog. I wrote to her and what I told her among other things was that the telling of the stories is essential, that in the telling you change yourself. What I didn't mention is that in the telling you change the story.